No man can eat the last slice / I am no man
A I Am No Man post.
The sign says "no ball games". You and your nephew are playing frisbee. Frisbee is not a ball. He is ten and you have taught him well. The diet says no sugar after 8pm. It is 7:59. The dessert is on the spoon and the spoon is in your mouth. The office policy bans personal heaters. You bring a heated blanket. It isn't a heater, legally. It's bedding. Your landlord said no pets. You have a goldfish named Gerald. Gerald is, in your view, decor. **How it came about:** at the Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King (2003), the Witch-king, who "no man can kill", is killed by Éowyn, who takes off her helmet and says "I am no man!" Fans started using the scene for anyone getting around a rule by its wording. **Why it caught on:** it's fantasy's best-known loophole, and Miranda Otto's delivery makes a technicality feel heroic - which is how everyone feels when they find one.